Carved in Bone

Above the canopyOriginally uploaded by Gasparino1
What may at first glance seem like a carpet of Yucca, is actually palm tree fronds, 15 feet above the ground. The huge, sprawling Live Oaks, like bearded ladies, stretch their arms even higher above the canopy. We are not in East Tennessee anymore, but are enjoying a beautiful island [...]

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Scarpetta with Marino Sauce

On our drive back from Florida, we had a couple of guests with us.  The woman, a confident Italian from Miami was very interesting.  Being a forensic pathologist, her work was exciting to me, albeit morbid; and some of her cases, while intriguing were simply horrific.  The one she was focusing on at the moment, seemed all [...]

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Kiss Me Again Stranger

The day might have started like one of her novels.  There is a young woman caring for her invalid grandparents, shuffling through the stacks of old and pointless magazines and newspapers that littered the side tables so that one couldn’t even find a place to balance a cup or a notepad should it be needed.  And then, her hand [...]

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We’re All Entitled to an Opinion

People’s tastes in literature differ about as much as tastes in music.  Take one DF (dear friend) for instance.  When, I recommended Ted Dekker’s Circle Trilogy, Black, Red, and White, she just replied that she had tried to read it, but didn’t like it at all.  “I think it was too fast paced for me…or maybe it’s just [...]

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